Iniquitous Baptist in Genshin Impact: How to Find and Defeat

In Genshin Impact, Iniquitous Baptist: Caller of Fire, Ice, and Lightning is the next member of the Order of the Abyss and elite boss, added to the game With You the release of patch 3.6. It drops the Ring of Eternal Gloom, which is necessary for the exaltation of certain characters. In this guide, we will tell you where you can find this enemy, which team to prepare to fight him, and how to defeat him the fastest.

Where to find the Iniquitous Baptist

This boss does not require any additional conditions to be unlocked, so you can essentially get to it immediately after hitting Liyue. However, we still advise you to complete Sumeru quest chain to explore its rainforest and desert a bit.

The Monstrous Baptist himself is located in the northern part of the Achievement: Gate of Zu-l-Qarnain (Gavireh Lajward) location. Move to the teleport shown in the screenshots above, and then run forward and jump off the cliff down to the road ahead. Next, turn around and enter the cave.

Run down the tunnel and soon you will find yourself in a spacious area. Here, turn right and move to the stone platform located just below. As you approach the arena, you will see three glowing lights floating above the ground - approach them to start the boss fight. However, we advise you not to go directly to the elemental spheres, but to examine them carefully. Below we have explained why this should be done.

Iniquitous Baptist respawn

After you deal with this boss, he will recover in about 3-5 minutes - you need to move to another area or re-enter the game for the Dark Paradise Conduit to reappear. Remember also that in order to collect rewards, you will have to spend 40 units from it primordial resin.

Characteristics of the Iniquitous Baptist

The summoner of fire, ice and lightning is able to control four elements (Cryo, Pyro, Hydro and Electro), however, in the normal state, he does not have high resistance to any of these elements. However, he can create shields that increase his elemental resistance by 200%. Fortunately, this ability can be bypassed - you can read more about this below.

If we talk about the combat attributes of a creature from the Abyss, then in terms of health it is inferior to such bosses as Setekh Wenut or Jadeplume Terrorshroom, however, surpasses them in attack power, and significantly. Fortunately, with the right choice of heroes and their good leveling, you should not have much trouble taking him down. You can see all the characteristics of the enemy in the image below (2P, 3P and 4P show the parameters when playing in co-op).

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Hero Selection Tips

Although the Monstrous Baptist can control four elements, he can only use three of them in one battle, such as Cryo, Electro and Hydro or Pyro, Cryo and Electro, while creating shields of the corresponding elements. To quickly break through these barriers, elements opposite to them are required, but they can also be removed by “neutral” elements (Geo, Anemo).

Thus, for the battle with this enemy, in fact, characters of any elements are suitable. The main thing is that the team should have heroes of different elements for more effective destruction of shields and elemental rings. You will be able to predict what elements the boss will attack by looking at the color of the lights flying over the arena. For example, the gif below shows that the enemy controls Electro, Cryo and Hydro elements.

Of course, do not forget that this boss is capable of inflicting significant elemental damage, so we advise you to definitely take a good shielder (Zhongli, Layla, Dion, Toma) or/and a healer (Sangonomiya Kokomi, Bennett, Kuki Shinobu, Bai Zhu, Dori, Yaoyao), capable of effectively protecting and healing allies. The picture below shows a few heroes that are perfect for this battle.

Optimal Teams

Based on the above information, we have prepared some of the most suitable units that will be the easiest for you to deal with the Monstrous Baptist. Just match them with boss elements. They are shown in the table below.

Iniquitous Baptist Attacks and Moves

So, we already noted above that the boss can simultaneously use a combination of only three possible elements: Cryo, Electro, Hydro and Pyro. At the same time, the combination is changed on a daily basis when the Asia server is reset, regardless of which site the player is on. In addition, the combination of elements is the same in the worlds of different gamers.

So if you decide to farm the Rings of Eternal Gloom on a certain day, then you will not have to constantly change teams, since the elements of the Monstrous Baptist will not change.

Elemental Rings

The boss creates various elemental beacons that explode after a certain period of time, dealing elemental damage in an area equal to 200% of ATK. During this attack, the enemy's resistance is increased by 200%, so it does not make sense to attack him.

But if you destroy all the rings with the help of elemental reactions, you can paralyze the boss for a certain period of time. Monstrous Baptist always spawns beacons at the start of combat.

The list below shows the elements that are best suited for destroying rings of certain elements:

• Cryo ring - use Pyro, Electro, Geo and Anemo attacks (elements are listed in descending order of their effectiveness).
• Electro ring - use Pyro, Cryo, Dendro, Geo and Anemo attacks (the elements are listed in descending order of their effectiveness).
• Hydro ring - use Dendro, Cryo, Pyro, Geo and Anemo attacks (elements are listed in descending order of their effectiveness).
• Pyro Ring - use Hydro, Electro, Cryo, Geo and Anemo attacks (elements are listed in descending order of their effectiveness).

Phase change (Noelle: Protector)

After summoning the elemental rings for the first time, Monstrous Baptist will start casting three elemental shields in turn, and his attacks will also change. Depending on what combinations of elements the boss uses, the switching order of his shields will change:

• Pyro, Cryo, Electro
• Cryo, Hydro, Pyro
• Electro, Pyro, Hydro
• Hydro, Cryo, Electro

You can learn the sequence of changing shields by three elemental crystals hovering behind the enemy. They rotate counter-clockwise and disappear after the destruction of the corresponding barriers.

After the shield is destroyed, the boss will be stunned for a short time and will no longer be able to use the Hurdle of this element. If you destroy all the shields, you will paralyze the enemy for a longer period. He will then restore all of his barriers and start switching them again.

If you do not manage to destroy the 1st and 2nd shields in 30 seconds, then he will create two elemental spheres that will explode and deal elemental damage in an area (the corresponding process is shown in the gif above). Next, the enemy will move to the third Hurdle - if you fail to destroy it in 25 seconds, or if you break it, but the enemy does not have the next shield to switch to, then the Monstrous Baptist will again create elemental rings.

Cryo phase

Icicles of darkness

The opponent creates four icicles and releases them at the character one by one. They deal Cryo damage and can partially deplete a character's stamina.

Ice Blades

The enemy throws 2 to 4 ice blades at the character, and then throws a double blade of ice at him. All of them deal Cryo damage on impact.

ice explosion

If the character gets close to the boss, then he will create an ice sphere, which after a while will explode, dealing Cryo damage in an area.

Electro phase

Abyss Orbs

The enemy fires 3 purple balls at the character, each of which deals Electro damage. They also drain 20 energy from each party member when they deal damage.

purple ray

The boss fires a laser beam at the character, dealing Electro damage on impact.

Electric spears

The enemy throws 2 electric spears at the character, dealing Electro damage in a small area.

Teleportation

If you get close to the boss, he will immediately teleport away from you.

Hydro phase

water blades

The enemy throws from 2 to 6 water blades at the character, and then throws a double blade from the water at him. All of them deal Hydro damage on impact and extend the cooldown of all party members' abilities by 6 seconds.

Spheres of Purification

The enemy creates 4 water bombs that fly towards the character in turn, dealing Hydro damage on impact.

Pyro phase

Flame of the Abyss

The enemy causes a total of 7 fiery bursts that burst out of the ground and deal Pyro damage. If they hit, they place a Void Flame Brand on the player, which soon disappears, draining the HP of all party members.

With the help of shields, you can protect yourself from the imposition of a negative status. Pocketed heroes can't drop below 15% health from this debuff.

Orbs of Incineration

The boss creates 4 fire bombs that alternately fly towards the character, dealing Pyro damage on impact.

How to defeat the Iniquitous Baptist

Preparing for battle

Before the battle starts, you can eat meals, which increase attack power, critical damage, and critical hit chance. It will be useful to drink potions that increase certain elemental damage in order to strengthen your damage dealers. In this case, it will be useful:

• Streaming Essential Oil - Increases Hydro damage by 25% for 5 minutes.
• Flaming Essential Oil - Increases Pyro damage by 25% for 5 minutes.
• Forest Essential Oil - Increases Dendro's damage by 25% for 5 minutes.
• Frosting Essential Oil - Increases Cryo damage by 25% for 5 minutes.
• Shocking Essential Oil - Increases Electro damage by 25% for 5 minutes.
• Unmoving Essential Oil - Increases Geo damage by 25% for 5 minutes.

The boss also deals mostly elemental damage, so try to bolster your defense against at least one of the elements he uses by drinking a Insulation Potion, Frost Shield, Drain, or Heat Shield.

Combat strategy

As we have already indicated above, the Monstrous Baptist almost at the very beginning of the battle creates three elemental rings (they look like pendulums). Eliminate them as quickly as possible with reactions to paralyze the boss for a few seconds and damage him with impunity.

Soon after, the enemy will create an Shields and begin to switch between elemental barriers one by one. At this point, take a character whose element is opposed to the element of the shield and start hitting the boss with elemental attacks.

The list below shows the elements that are best suited for destroying the barriers of certain elements:

• Cryo Noelle: Protector - use Pyro, Electro, Geo and Anemo attacks (elements are listed in descending order of their effectiveness).
• Electric Noelle: Protector - use Pyro, Cryo, Dendro, Geo, Anemo and Hydro attacks (elements are listed in descending order of their effectiveness).
• Hydro Noelle: Protector - use Dendro, Cryo, Pyro, Geo, Anemo and Electro attacks (elements are listed in descending order of their effectiveness).
• Pyro Noelle: Protector - use Hydro, Electro, Cryo, Geo and Anemo attacks (elements are listed in descending order of their effectiveness).

After destroying each shield, the enemy will be stunned, so this is the moment we advise you to use your most powerful attacks, and you can use any kind of elements.

In general, with the right team, you will be able to destroy the Monstrous Baptist before he goes to his third Hurdle, that is, you will have a maximum of 3-4 minutes per battle.

Iniquitous Baptist Achievements

During the battle with this boss, you can get three trophies at once. Next, we will tell you what you need to do to open them.

Alienation…

You will need to defeat this enemy without destroying its protective dome. We are talking about the elemental shields of the boss. You can damage them, but you cannot completely destroy the barriers. Thus, you will have to wait for the moment when the boss will create huge spheres by removing Noelle: Protector, and only then attack him.

Naturally, this battle tactic will significantly increase its duration, so we advise you to take a shield and a healer into your team. For unlocking achievements, they give 10 source stones.

Exclusion Method

You will need to defeat this enemy after he absorbs all the powers of the elements. To do this, you need to kill the Monstrous Baptist at least once within four calendar days. For unlocking achievements, they give 5 source stones.

At such moments, words will be superfluous

You need to destroy all the elemental rings while the boss is chanting in order to paralyze him for a short period of time. Everything is simple here - you wait for the enemy to create three elemental pendulums, and then quickly destroy them with reactions. You can do this at the very beginning of the battle. For unlocking achievements, they give 5 source stones.

Iniquitous Baptist Rewards

For the destruction of this creature of the Abyss, you will receive Companionship EXP, pestilence, adventure points and various materials that are mainly needed for the development of Cryo, Pyro, Hydro and Electro heroes. The higher the level of the enemy, the better the reward will be:

• Shards of Agnidus Agate, Varunada Lapis Lazuli, Vajrad Amethyst and Shivad Jade (Level 20+)
• Fragments of Agnidus Agate, Varunada Lapis Lazuli, Vajrad Amethyst and Shivad Jade (Level 40+)
• Pieces of Agnidus Agate, Varunada Lapis Lazuli, Vajrad Amethyst and Shivad Jade (Level 60+)
• Precious Agnidus Agate, Varunada Lapis Lazuli, Vajrada Amethyst and Shivada Jade (Level 75+)
• Ring of Eternal Darkness (Level 30+) – Required for Ascension Bai Zhu.

Among other things, a variety of sets of artifacts fall out from the Guide of the Dark Paradise, namely:

• The Exile (3-4 stars)
• Instructor (3-4 stars)
• Berserker (3-4 stars)
• Gladiator’s Finale (4-5 stars)
• Wanderer’s Troupe (4-5 stars)

We hope that our guide to the Monstrous Baptist in Genshin Impact will help you find and destroy this boss by learning about the strategy of fighting him in advance and preparing the optimal team for the battle.